Author of EYES ON THE PRYZE 1-5, HAND ME DOWNS AND SISTAH CIRCLE 1-2. I am also CEO of URBAN GRAPEVINE MAGAZINE and Sole Publisher at Urban Grapevine Publishing with two authors under UG Publishing; Chari La'Mone and Maritza P. Brown. Their hit title is The Chronicles of SIN, available where e-books are sold. I am also Owner of a Marketing and Promotional publicity company named BRAND NEW. My goals are to reach my every dream and taking my peers with me either through shared author promoting or exposure through UG Magazine. I have 10 books in rotation. I also have episodic series that will be available in the coming months on our magazine website: www.urbangrapevinemag.com titled SMASH. My radio station LET'S TALK URBAN1 will be back for its 3rd season January 2016 with a more powerful format. As you see I am a very busy woman taking the literary industry by storm! I reside in Santa Clara, California with my wife and children.
<p>A mythical jewel of a story… A true story told on a beach in Yucatan, A Shadow tells Stephanie's story but it was also the story of the golden time. Its nostalgia sings like cicadas in the heat.</p><p>An American ‘Under Milkwood’, this distilled novel of the Sixties evokes the sounds, music and optimism on the free-wheelin streets and parks of Coconut Grove. You can hear Bob Dylan still strumming acoustic; smoke a joint with Fred Neil; and Everybody’s Talkin is carried on the wind.</p><p>Stephanie, a young hairdresser living in lodgings finds herself pregnant. Refused help from her hard Catholic mother in New York, unable to abort her baby, she accepts the kindness of Miriam, her Jewish landlady, whose own barren life spills into compassionate assistance for the daughter she never had.</p><p>The poignancy of its ending, its generosity and acceptance, echoes the bitter disappointment of those of us who hoped for so much more, but who remember its joy, and its promise, as though untarnished by time.</p>
Meet Sinclair, Rain, Samara and Ever – four friends living and loving in the City. As they share their stories of juggling their careers, they also delve into their love lives that take each of them down dark, lustful, and some forbidden, salacious sexual paths: From bondage and domination, spur of the moment sexual trysts with strangers in the dark, bedding another woman’s husband, to fulfilling a lover’s deepest desires. While seeking immeasurable pleasure, each of them finds that what often follows lustful delight is an undeniable pain, bringing them face to face with their innermost sins. Will they get tangled in their webs of sinful lust or will they survive unscathed?
<div style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;margin-bottom:.5em;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><b>The Chronicles of Sin : Act 1 (SEMI-SPOILER REVIEW) (4.5)</b>, July 9, 2015</div> <div style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;margin-bottom:.5em;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> <div> <div style="float:left;">By </div> <div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/AU7BI4COIT079/ref=cm_cr_rdp_pdp" style="color:rgb(0,75,145);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Keyandra A. "K. Ariyo"</span></a></div> </div> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> </div> <div class="tiny" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:x-small;margin-bottom:.5em;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><b><span class="h3color tiny" style="color:rgb(228,121,17);">This review is from: </span>THE CHRONICLES OF SIN: ACT 1 (Kindle Edition)</b></div> <div class="reviewText" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">(SEMI-SPOILER REVIEW) (4.5) Disclaimer: I was gifted a reviewer's copy, in exchange for a helpful review.<br /><br /> Is there such a book genre description of: Drama Erotic? Why I ask? Because that's how/where I would categorize this novel. Don't be fooled by the simplicity of the cover. From the brief introduction of the main protagonist, to the very end; these two authors did a fabulous task working together to create a story that mixed drama and sex without making it seem bland. I personally enjoyed how all four characters interweaved with each other, but they still were allowed to have their own identity. Although it's label as an erotic tale, the story was written to where sex didn't rule the plot, but instead it enhanced it. Hope that last sentence made sense. Explain. Every page had substance, the intimacy scenes seemed fitting and not just thrown in to fill space.<br /><br /> So, was the plot predictable? Even though the plot is both sex and drama driven, there was in fact one, and yes the predictably of the story is seen; but with much thought what story isn't. How was the editing, was it horrible? No. The only issue I had with editing, I'm not sure if it was just my copy, but I noticed quite a few unneeded changes in the font type. Other than the font type, I hardly noticed any inconsistent in the editing to the point where it force the story to not flow well.<br /><br /> Though if I must note two minor issues; one, I had wished for the authors to have written a warning; 'Read at your own risk,' in the synopsis/book description. What?! It's an erotic tale, what else should've been stated? We still live in a homophobic society ... and I will leave it at that. Second, pricing. Yes, I was gifted a copy. And yes, I respect, and understand that there's a tremendous amount of time that is sacrifices to create written literary. However, I may be alone on this, but the price of an ebook regardless to whom wrote it plays a significant role in purchasing. At the time of review: $10.00 for less than 200 pgs.<br /><br /> Overall, would I recommend this book? Absolutely. Am I looking forward to 'Act II'? Indeed. Oh, may I add; thanks authors for including in the title as well inscribed inside of the novel its self that a continuous with a release aiming for Winter 2015 is expected. Even though I've stated before in previous reviews about cringing from the through of; 'to be continued,' 'stay tuned for part 2,' cliffhangers - - I shall not complaint - the authors did give a full warning; 'The Chronicles of Sin: Act 1.</div>